1940-12-18 — Page 15

HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

ris SHANGHAI, KOBE YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

AS. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

ELS. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

AS "PRESIDENT TAFT

Dec. 28

Jan. 3 Jan. 17

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO. BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

Dec. 18.

Feb.

S.8. "PRESIDENT VAN BUREN"

88. "PRESIDENT QARFIELD"

↑ Manila, Singapore & Penang.

To

MANILA

SS. "PRESIDENT PIENCE”

8.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

Dec. 27

Jan. 0.

Jan. 24

8.8. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

AMERICAN. PRESIDENT LINES

ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"

112

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR

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12, PEDDER ST.

TEL." 26171.

N.Y.K. LINE

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

NITTA MARU

RAMAKURA MARU

Thursday, 19th Dec Tuesday, 14th Jan.

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)

HIKAWA MARU

Saturday, 21st Dec.

Important Decisions At Engineers'

Meeting

CHENGTU, Dec. 17 (Central)-A number of important decisions: were reached at the fifth session of the ninth annual meeting of the Chinese Engineers' Society held here under the chairmanship of Mr. Chen L-fu, Minister of Educa- tion.

One of the decisions calls for a strict investigation whether any of the members have changed their allegiance to the Japanese: Another calls for the collection of. $300,000 as a sinking fund for the Bociety, the interests therefrom. will be used to defray expenditures,

Other decisions concern the organisation of a commission to` complie Chinese engineering terms. #committee to study the draft monopoly law. engineering

KA education association to train men In the engineering feld, a resour- ces investigation corps to inspect the natural resources in the in- terior, and a committee to study the industrial plan laid down by Dr. Sun Yat-sen:

It was also decided to compile Chinese books on engineering sub- Jects...

June 8, the birthday anniversary of Emperor Yu in the 2226-2223 B.C.. was axed as the Chinese Engineers' Day. Emperor Yu is known for his efforts at water conservancy in the great deluge period.

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The next annual meeting of the Society will be held at Kwelyang. but the exact date has not been fixed,

WEATHER REPORT Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 am, Dec. 17. Barometer (at sea level) 30.22 ins.

SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) vis Hilo & Sau Temperature, 65 F

Francisco.

RAKUYO MARU (starts from Kobe) Tuesday, 24th Dec, NEW YORK via Panama

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

ATUTA MARU

་་་

Monday,

30th

30th Deci

HAIPHONG, SAIGON & MADRAS

• HAKODATE. MARU

Friday, 10th Jan. (Cargo accepted for Aniphong & Saigon) BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.

RANGOON & CALUTTA via Singapore

KASIMA MARU

* LIMA MARU

* MATUMUTO MARU

& YOKOHAMA

NITTA MARU

KITANO MARU

KOBE

KAMAKURA MARU

* Cargo only.

Saturday,

28th Dec

Friday,

Saturday,

13th Dec. 28th Dec.

Thursday, Tuesday, Tuesday,

19th Dec.

24th Dec.

14th Jan.."

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NEXT SAILING

EARLY IN JANUARY, 1841.

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Tel. No. 30332.

Agents.

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KWANGCHOWWAN_HONGKONG SERVICE Weekly angs from Hong Kong

For particulars of Freight & Passage apply to:-

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General Managers.

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Tel. Nos, 23037 & 28018/

Humidity, 31 per cent

Wind Direction, NNE Wind Force (Beaufort), 5. Temperature maximum yesterday:

78 F.

Temperature: Minimum last night

63 F.

Rainfall for 24 hrs, endinz 10th

today, nil

Total rainfall since January is

117.39 ina Against an average" of, 8462 ins. Sunset tonight, 5.42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.57 3.12.·

4 p.m., Dec. 17.- Barometer (at sea level) 30.14 true, Temperature, 71 F

Humidity, 29 per cent.

Wind Direction, N.

Wind Force (Beaufort), 3. Maximum temperature. 72 F Minimum temperature, 63 P Rainfall, nil.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 18 to 21 Dec. 1940.

HIAR WATER.

Rang

Kong

Standar Time.

Dayks

h. tri

1232

Height.

Low Warr“

2105 7.9

Hong

Κοπιά

Standard Timé

h. m.

+

Wed 18

Thur. 19

8

*05 59

1634

13-0

40

03 40

23 50

76

17 16

Fri. 20

02

Sat.

21 0046

1412

16 13

115

1503

1.5 2 19:30

09:05

16:00

55

Won: 23

"Tues. 24 C600 5 1

03 24 36

100%

1453

3

9325

10 53

2.74

San 22 0155 B 9

|

28

Haight.

CROSSWORD

NO. 784

ACROSS

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4 Walk heavily

9 Monk's title

High in the scale

13 Method of

communica tion

14 Binding

custom

15 Color 13 Past

17 One of the

United Statez 19 Speed contest. 21 "Whiri

Bash Combination

chuckle and snort

27 Tardy. 28 Tribes

29 Masculine nickname

30 Dined

31 Harvests $3 Mineral

spring.

33 Symbol for

cerium

34 Overjoyed

35 Cut of meat

35. Roguish 38 Ригане

unrelentingly

39 Part of the

mouth

40 Indennite

period of time

41 Fart of the

head

43

Man's name

44 Split pulse

47 Sense organ

48 Chemical -

compound

14

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7

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137

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пате

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52 Cook before an open fre

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22 Sluggish

29 Thin metal

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21 Fabric

25 Rabbit fur

26 African

antelope

28 Gross

31 Fast Salling

vexsei

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8

Tumult

34 Ibiculty

Note of the scale

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cards

8 Ornamental

balls

* Find of

quartz

10 Hastened

11 Inspire with.

fear Ventilates

20 Metric

measure of SOLUTION TOMORROW

Solution No. 783 JAMISTET RETE ALET CODE TO VER MIDTANI LITOE B.

SELLIFOCHTOW

1111KONSAVENA

$5. Game at

37 Frighten

38 Central part

40 War god

41 Body of

water

42 Vehicle

43 Eskimo

45 Hall!

48 Boy

49 Therefore

FLOOD HAVOC

IN TURKEY

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1940. -PAGE 15

OLIVERISTEDSirnay, Hanife Rivers

#OSEATTLEDVIN MOPYTRAPTIBLE.

TASSAY EDWIN SOHO TILL STACE OVAL SOONITI M WANETERNET STY

UNIQUE CHUNGKING CAMPAIGN.

CHUNGKING, Dec. 17 (Centrál

Overflow Banks

ISTANBUL, Dec. 17 Reuter)-- Widespread floods cause damage in Anatolia,

serious

Torrential rains have swollen the Simay and Hanife rivers which districta again inundated the which were flooded last year.

The low-lying regions in the province of Smyrna are also un- der water.

So far no casualties are reported -A unique campaign for dis-but the damage is considerable.. patching New Year greeting let- Snowstorms and bitter cold are

ters to 'ka'dlers at the front, people in occupied areas, and overseas Chinesa will be shortly launched here by the National Relle?" Assu- ciation.

reported throughout Turkey.

BELGIAN PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED At a meeting of the Association

LONDON, Dec. 17 (Reuter) vesterday. It was decided that the heads of various organs in the German soldiers in Brussels valute capital would be asked to sign the Belgian reserve officer return- lettera

PEIPING COLD SNAP

ing from prison camps but do not salute Italian Air Force officers according to the Free Belgian news agency.

Although Belgian prisoners of CHUNGKING, Dec. 17 (Central) war are now being released their -Peiping has been in the grip of return will take a long time.

a coin stap accompanied by blind- The Agency also reports that closed ing snowfa'is

since yesterday food shops in Belgium morning, according to a despatch owing to thortage of supplies and 3 & from the ancient capital. The it is believed that local authori

mercury has dropped four degrees ties will have to undertake the distribution of primary foodsturs. below freezing point.

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